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An entire state’s population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack::The attack impacts about 1.3 million people.

LinkedIn Issues Warning to Site Shaming Pro-Palestinian Sentiment.::The site listed thousands of people and grouped them by their workplaces after they posted on the Israeli-Hamas conflict.

How 1880s technology made it possible for 2 women to travel around the world in under 80 days::In 1889, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland went around the world. Making the trip in under 80 days required trains, ships, and other technology.

The article’s title covers everything. Slack simply serves as a form of social media for the office that reduces employee productivity.

Elon Musk Plans to Remove Option to Block People on Twitter::undefined

My wife and I keep getting our debit cards stolen online. We notice the charges and are able to dispute them and cancel our cards, but it sure is annoying....

JPEG XL development began in 2018, when the JPEG committee launched a call for proposals on next-generation image compression, to which seven proposals were submitted. Of the seven two stood out: Google’s PIK and Cloudinary’s FUIF proposal. The ingredients from both proposals were eventually combined and refined to design a...

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Universal Music files $75m lawsuit against Amazon-backed AI firm Anthropic for ripping off Rolling Stones, Beyonce lyrics::Major players across Hollywood are taking to the courts to address what they argue is mass copyright infringement.

Accessible hardware is on the rise, so why are so many disabled players being left behind? We investigate the state of …

New material provides clean water and electricity using nothing but the Sun::The material isn’t especially efficient, but improvements should be possible.